The collector’s art library

Painting studies · 29

Explore 1,200 paintings through museum context, material records and interactive scale studies. Notice what you respond to, then use those observations to describe the art you want in your own space.

The reference works belong to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection and are not offered for sale here. Records and images use the museum’s CC0 open-access release; there is no museum partnership. Sources and methodology.

1794 · England, 18th century

Portrait of Catherine Grey, Lady Manners

Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830) · oil on canvas

1801 · England, early 19th Century

Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy

Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830) · oil on canvas

1824 · France, 19th century

Portrait of Count Jean-Antoine Chaptal

Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835) · oil on canvas

1882–83 · America

Portrait of Dora Wheeler

William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916) · oil on canvas

1671 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Portrait of Duli Xingyi

Kita Genki (Japanese, active c. 1664–98); Duli Xingyi (Chinese, 1596–1672) · hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

1639 · Netherlands

Portrait of Elizabeth Spiegel

Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort (Dutch, 1610/11–1680) · oil on wood

c. 1700 · Mughal India, Court of Alamgir (reigned 1658–1707)

Portrait of Emperor Alamgir (Aurangzeb)

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1701 · Italy

Portrait of Francesca Gommi Maratti

Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625–1713) · Oil on canvas

1859 · America

Portrait of Genio C. Scott

Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906) · oil on canvas

1769 · England, 18th century

Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers

Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788) · oil on canvas

c. 1810 · Scotland

Portrait of Hugh Hope

Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823) · oil on canvas

c. 1776 · Germany, 18th century

Portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbon

Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779) · oil on canvas

c. 1620–25 · Flanders

Portrait of Isabella Brant

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640) · oil on wood

c. 1778–1780 · England, 18th century

Portrait of Jane Hoskyns

George Romney (British, 1734–1802) · oil on canvas

1774 · France

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger

Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun (French, 1755–1842) · oil on canvas

1738–40 · France

Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna

Jacques André Joseph Aved (French, 1702–1766) · oil on canvas

1813 · America

Portrait of Jean Terford David

Thomas Sully (American, born England, 1783–1872) · oil on canvas

c. 1786 · Spain

Portrait of Juan Maria Osorio

Agustín Esteve y Marques (Spanish, 1753–c. 1820) · oil on canvas

1653 · France

Portrait of King Charles II of England

Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602–1674) · oil on canvas

1611 · Flanders

Portrait of King Louis XIII of France

Frans Pourbus (Flemish, 1569–1622) · oil on canvas

early 1800s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Portrait of Kinokuniya Bunzaemon

Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825) · hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

possibly 1817 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Portrait of Kō Sūkoku

Watanabe Kazan (Japanese, 1793–1841); Tani Buncho (Japanese, 1763–1840) · Fan, wood with ink, color, gold, and silver on paper

1898 · America

Portrait of Lisa Colt Curtis

John Singer Sargent (American, born Italy, 1856–1925) · oil on canvas

c. 1540–45 · Flanders

Portrait of Machtelt Suijs

Maerten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498–1574) · oil on wood